Seascapes: Reflections and Moods is now on exhibit at Pat’s Cafe, 2330 Taylor, San Francisco. Stop by for breakfast or lunch – or even dinner Weds to Sat. – and see the new exhibit.

Special thanks to Martha and Lanette for their help in getting everything in place.

Caught a really cool moonrise last night. Missed the fog but had good time watching the light change. Check out my favorites on my recent work page.

Here I go again. There’s this continuing myth that, back in the day, real photographers took a picture and that was that. None of this post processing stuff that the wimps of today do using Photoshop. Well, notice the word ‘myth’ in the previous sentence.

George Lepp, writing in Outdoor Photographer, addresses this issue in response to a letter from a reader. Lepp says, “Aah, the myth of the simple, good old days of photography, where photographers were judged on their skills behind the viewfinder. Well, not really. It was the print that was judged, not the negative.” BTW, Lepp has several reasons why you want/need to process pictures from a digital camera. Check out his response at the link above.

Lepp goes on to give a concrete example – some guy named Ansel Adams. I’m sure you’ve seen “Moonrise, Near Hernandez, New Mexico” by Adams. I’d read somewhere that if you saw the negative of that shot – what came out of the camera – you wouldn’t recognize it. Lepp indicated it was easy to find a contact print image on the internet so I looked it up. It’s not true that you won’t recognize the shot – you’ll just think it was a discard from one of several shots Adams took. Not so, he only took one frame. So go to this link to see both a final version and the contact print. Scroll down to see the different versions.

I think it is safe to say there was quite a bit of post processing done on the picture.

My Seascapes Gallery has been updated with some new photos. Check it out at REZPhotography.

Took a walk around San Francisco yesterday. Clearly I was thinking about patterns except for the drummer.

Ran into this scene today. Kayakers coming down a hill near me. My understanding is they were filming a commercial for Starburst.

I captured these three shots the other day. This is a triptych – the first time I’ve tried this idea out.

Overcast skies and small waves greeted me to South Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands this morning. Nevertheless, there were some interesting images to be captured. You can see some of my other favorites on my recent work page, as always. You can see where I was by checking out this map – once again done using GPS Visualizer. And, no, I didn’t jump over either one of those cliffs and I didn’t go in the water. It’s just a bad data point from the GPS receiver.

Took a short trip to the Presidio this morning. Followed the Lobos Creek Trail through some restored dunes. Nice, short hike but there is some color to be found. See recent work for a few of my favorite shots. Note, all the shots were taken using a close-up lens and, yes, I still need to polish my close-up skills.

Recent work has been updated. The new work includes pictures from several locations.